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Horizon Communications has the following stockholders' equity on December $31,2024$:

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Requirement $1.$ Assuming the preferred stock is cumulative, compute the amount of dividends to preferred stockholders and to common stockholders for $2024$ and $2025$ if total dividends are $$16,640$ in $2024$ and $$47,000$ in $2025.$ Assume n changes in preferred stock and common stock in $2025.($Assume all preferred dividends have been paid prior to $2024.$ Complete all input boxes. Enter a $"0"$ for zero amounts. For the current year preferred dividend, be sure to enter the calculated dividend on the "current year dividend" line and the paid out dividend on the "total dividend to preferred stockholders" line.$)$

Horizon's $2024$ dividend would be divided between preferred and common stockholders in this manner:

Total Dividend$-2024$

Dividend to preferred stockholders:

Dividend in arrears

Current year dividend

Total dividend to preferred stockholders

Dividend to common stockholders

Requirements

Assuming the preferred stock is cumulative, compute the amount of dividends to preferred stockholders and to common stockholders for $2024$ and $2025$ if total dividends are $$16,640$ in $2024$ and $$47,000$ in $2025.$ Assume no changes in preferred stock and common stock in $2025.$

Record the journal entries for $2024,$ assuming that Horizon Communications declared the dividend on December $1$ for stockholders of record on December $10.$ Horizon Communications paid the dividend on December $20.$

Data table

$\backslash$table$[[$Stockholders$\text{'}$ Equity$],[$Paid$-$In Capital:$],[\backslash$table$[[$Preferred Stock$-7\%,$ $$12$ Par Value; $150,000$ shares$],[$authorized$,21,000$ shares issued and outstanding$]],$$$,252,000],[\backslash$table$[[$Common Stock$-$ $$2$ Par Value; $575,000$ shares$],[$authorized$,400,000$ shares issued and outstanding$]],,800,000],[$Paid$-$In Capital in Excess of Par$-$Common,,$1,400,000$